If this quote, Instagrammed Wednesday by one Britney Jean Spears, makes it seem like our favorite smiler bought a cultural studies textbook and started playing telephone with herself in the privacy of her own consciousness, that’s because that’s exactly what she’s doing.

This beautiful, fake-deep thought of the day comes—in case you were wondering—not from Judith Butler’s drafts folder but a Tumblr post from 2014, and the fascinating journey through Britney’s mind via her Instagram continues.